Musical toy



Oct. 22, 1940. Y NAKANO 2,219,236

MUSICAL TOY Filed April 25, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 awe/WM Tlwmas 1.11712160214 T. l. NAKANO Oct. 22, 1940.

I MUSICAL TOY Filed April 25, 1940 2 Sheets-Shee1. 2

3 m Thomas-1' flfiaha Patented Oct. 22, 1940 UNITED STATES MUSICAL TOYThomas I. Nakano, Papaikou, Territory of Hawaii Application April 25,1940, Serial No. 331,637

' 10 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved sounding or audible toy havingsounding means actuated by revolving a body member in which saidsounding means is disposed with said body mem- 5 her forming a resonantchamber for the sounding means.

More particularly, it is an object of this invention to provide anaudible toy including a hollow body member adapted to be revolved by theoperation of a cord which is connected at its ends to the ends of saidbody member for actuating sounding means disposed within the bodymember.

Still a further aim of the invention is to provide a toy of thecharacter heretofore described, the hollow body portion or shell ofwhich may be shaped to simulate a football, dirigible, torpedo or otherdevices having similar configurations or shapes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter becomemore fully apparent from the following description of the drawings,which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a preferred form of theinvention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal, central sectional view of the same, with theoperating cord removed,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along theplane of the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View of the centralportion of the body member 35 illustrating a modified form of joint orseam for connecting the sections thereof,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 of another modified form of theinvention,

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken 40 substantially along theplane of the line 6-6 of Figure 5,

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of another form of the body memberor shell,

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along theplane of the line 8-3 of Figure 7,

Figure 9 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the same, showing theconnecting tongues or clips in released position, and

Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary View showing portions of thesections of the body members separated and showing the tongues or clipsin a released position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like referencecharacters designate like or corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views, Ill designates generally a preferred embodiment of animproved musical or sounding toy which includes an elongated hollow bodymember or shell H, provided with tapered ends 5 l2, through whichextends a shaft E3 the end portions M of which protrude beyond the endsof the shell H. A cord 55 has its ends securely fastened in grooves l6,of the end portions I 4, and is provided with a knot l'l intermediate of10 its ends. One or more sounding devices it, such as bells or chimesare adapted to be mounted in the hollow body member of shell H andsecured therein by means of fastenings E9 to the shaft l3 and/or theshell H, as best seen in 16 Figure 3. The body member or shell it may beof a variety of shapes to simulate various devices or articles such asfootballs, dirigibles and torpedos, the shell I I, disclosed in Figures1 to 3, being intended to simulate a torpedo and being 20 provided witha propeller 20 rotatably mounted on one of the end portions H.

To operate toy l0, knot H is grasped to support the body member ofshell-H substantially in a horizontal position after which body mem- 25her or shell is revolved to wind the ends of the cord l5 onto thetapered ends !2. The body member I! is then released and permitted todrop and in so doing, the ends of the cord I5 will be unwound therefromfor revolving the 30 body member ll. Up and down motion on theintermediate portion of the cord l5 will cause the body member or shellH, due to its momentum, to continue to revolve to wind and unwind theends of the cord, in opposite direc- 35 tions, back and forth onto andfrom the tapered ends l2 of the body member M. This motion may becontinued indefinitely and will actuate the sounding devices Hi toproduce sound which will be-varied by the speed or rotation body memberH and which will be amplified by the member l I which will form aresonator therefor. The rotation of the body member it will also revolvethe shaft E3 to thereby cause the propeller 20 to revolve therewith orrelative ly thereto.

The shell II, as seen in Figures 1 to 3, is preferably formed of twocorresponding metallic section's 2|, each of which is preferably formedof sheet metal, or the like, and provided with an 50 internallongitudinal seam or joint 22, as best seen in Figure 3, which is formedby turning one edge of the material outwardly and back upon itself toform a'hook 23, which is off-set inwardly, and by forming an inwardlyturned 55 of the 40 i hook 24 by turning the opposite corresponding edgeof the material inwardly and back upon itself, after which the hookshaped edges are interlocked to form the internal joint or seam 22. Thetwo sections 2| are connected at their enlarged ends to each other bymeans of a joint or seam 25. The joint or seam 25 is formed by providingthe open end of one of the sections 2! with an annularly inwardlyopening channel Z26 to receive an outwardly projecting annular flange 21on the other section for interlocking the sections. The seam or joint 25may be made permanent by a ring of solder or by a series of spot weldsas at 28.

In Figure 4, a slightly modified form of body member, designated Hisshown, wherein the sections 2| are connected to each other by means ofan internal joint or seam 29 in lieu of the joint or seam 25, whichcorresponds to the seams or joints 22, as seen in Figure 3, and asheretofore described.

Another form of the invention is shown in Figures 5 and 6, wherein abody member or shell 39 is formed from two cone shaped sections 35, theenlarged ends of which are disposed in overlapping relationship as isseen at 32, for engaging the periphery of a disk 33 which is fixed to ashaft 34, intermediate of its ends. The overlapping portions 32 aresecured to the disk 33 by means of a plurality of fastenings 35. Theshaft 34 is also provided with tapered hub portions 36, adjacent itsends which fit in the remote, restricted ends of the conical sections 3!and which are secured thereto by fastenings 3'3. The conical sections 3!may be made of any suitable material, such as cardboards, paper ormetal. On either side of the disk 33, the shaft B l is provided with oneor more sounding devices l3, and the end portions of the shaft 3d, whichproject beyond the body member or shell 3%, are grooved at I6, similarlyto the shaft l3. A pro-' peller 2% is mounted on one of the ends of theshaft 34.

In Figures '7 to 10, still another embodiment of the toy is illustratedcomprising a hollow body portion or shell 38, which is preferably formedof metal and which includes two corresponding sections 39, each of whichextends the length of the shell 38. Sections 39 are provided withoutwardly projected flanges 40 which are disposed in abutting engagementto form the shell or hollow body member 33. The flanges 40 are providedwith tongues or clips 4!. The clips M of each flange dd are adapted tobe bent around the outer side of the other flange M! to clamp the shellsections 39 together. The body member or shell 3%; is not provided witha shaft, such as the shafts 5.3 or 35, but in lieu thereof is providedwith restricted shank portions at its ends, as seen at :32, which areprovided with grooves 43, corresponding to the grooves l6 for receivingthe ends of an operating cord such as cord i5, not shown in Figures '7to 10.

The forms of the invention as shown in Figures 5 to 10 are adapted to beoperated in the same manner as heretofore described in regard to the toyiii, and in the form as shown in Figures '7 to 10, sounding devices,such as those shown at l8 in Figures 2, 3 and 5 may be secured withinthe shell 33.

Various modifications and changes in the various forms of the inventionare contemplated and may obviously be resorted to as only preferredembodiments thereof have been disclosed.

I claim as my invention:

1. A toy comprising an elongated hollow body portion, having taper-edends, a cord secured at its ends to the ends of said body portion, andsound producing devices secured in said body portion, said body portionbeing revolved for winding the ends of the cord on to the ends of thebody portion and for unwinding them therefrom and the rotation of saidbody portion actuating said sound producing devices.

2. A toy comprising an elongated shell, of substantially circular crosssection having tapered ends, shaft portions projecting from said ends, acord having its ends connected to the ends of said shaft portions, andnoise producing means mounted in said shell and actuated by the rotationthereof.

3. A toy as in claim 2, said shell being formed of end sectionsconnected at their enlarged, adjacent ends, one of said sections havingan annular inwardly open channel, and said other section having anannular outwardly projecting flange for engaging said channel forinterlocking the sections.

l. A toy as in claim 2, said shell being composed of sections connectedat their enlarged ends and intermediate of the ends of the said shell,said enlarged ends having interengaging means combining to form aninterlocking joint.

5. An audible toy comprising a hollow shell having tapered annular ends,a sounding device mounted in said shell, a cord connected at its ends tothe ends of said shell, said ends of the cord being adapted to be woundon the ends of the shell and unwound therefrom for revolving the shellto actuate the sounding device.

6. A toy as in claim 5, said cord being knotted intermediate of its endsand being adapted to be supported at the knot for maintaining the shellin substantially a horizontal plane.

"I. An audible toy comprising an elongated hollow body portion havingtapered ends, a shaft extending longitudinally through said body portionand protruding from the ends thereof, a sounding device fixed to saidshaft and disposed in the hollow body portion, and a cord having itsends secured to the ends of said shaft.

8. A toy as in claim 7, said body portion being shaped to simulate atorpedo, and a propeller rotatably mounted on one end of the shaft.

9. A toy as in claim '7, said shell being composed of conical sections,the enlarged, adjacent ends of said sections being disposed inoverlapping relationship, a disk fixed to said shaft intermediate of itsends, fastening means for securing the overlapping portions of saidsections to the periphery of said disk, said shaft having hubs adjacentits ends, and fastenings for securing remote ends of said conicalsections to said hubs.

10. A musical toy comprising an elongated hollow body member, a soundingdevice mounted in said body member, a cord having its ends fixed to theends of said body member, said body member having tapered ends and beingformed of corresponding sections joined lengthwise, the abutting edgesof said sections having outwardly projected abutting flanges, saidflanges each having tongues interlocking with the flanges of the othersection for connecting 5 id sections.

THOMAS I. NAKANO.

